inoro
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See also: inoró
Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
inoro
Kari'na[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Cariban *inôrô (animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun); compare Apalaí ynoro, Trió nërë, inëërë, Wayana inëlë, Hixkaryana noro, Waiwai noro, Ye'kwana ñöödö.
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
inoro
- the animate singular anaphoric demonstrative pronoun; this one (aforementioned), this one that was just spoken of
Inflection[edit]
Kari'na demonstratives
| category | inanimate pronoun | animate pronoun | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| proximal | visible | ero | erokon | mose | mòsaro(n), mojan, mòsékonV |
| invisible | eny | enykon | |||
| medial | — | — | mòko | mòkaro(n) | |
| distal | visible | moro | morokon | moky | mòkan, mókykonV |
| invisible | mony | monykon | |||
| anaphoric | iro | irokon | inoro | inaro(n), inorokonV | |
| V. Venezuelan dialect. | |||||
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Courtz, Hendrik (2008) A Carib grammar and dictionary[1], Toronto: Magoria Books, →ISBN, pages 53, 55, 275
- Meira, Sérgio (2002) “A first comparison of pronominal and demonstrative systems in the Cariban language family”, in Mily Crevels, Simon van de Kerke, Sergio Meira and Hein van der Voort, editors, Current Studies on South American Languages[2], Leiden: Research School of Asian, African, and American Studies (CNWS), Leiden University, →ISBN, pages 255–275
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “iďo”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 179; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[3], Paris, 1956, page 173
- Ahlbrinck, Willem (1931) “ińoro”, in Encyclopaedie der Karaïben, Amsterdam: Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, page 182; republished as Willem Ahlbrinck, Doude van Herwijnen, transl., L'Encyclopédie des Caraïbes[4], Paris, 1956, page 176
- Yamada, Racquel-María (2010) “injoro”, in Speech community-based documentation, description, and revitalization: Kari’nja in Konomerume[5], University of Oregon, page 739
Ratagnon[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
inoro
- (interrogative) when